Robert Nkemdiche created shock waves in recruiting circles when he
committed to Clemson in June. Then he caused another stir by suggesting
that his commitment might not be solid unless the Tigers also offered
one of his high school teammates.

Now, the mother of the top college football prospect in the country says that commitment still isn't set in stone.

"His decision is not final," Nkemdiche's mother, Beverly, told ESPN The Magazine for a story that will appear in its Sept. 17 issue. "He's just a teenager, and people
are forgetting that. We had never discussed Clemson, and I am unhappy
with Clemson. I'm not there, so I don't know for certain, but I feel
like Robert was pressured into this decision."

Nkemdiche, a
6-foot-5, 280-pound defensive end at Grayson High School in Loganville,
Ga., also had Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss -- where his brother,
Denzel, is a redshirt freshman linebacker -- among his leaders when he
chose Clemson.

His mother lives in her native Nigeria, where she
is a state legislator, and Nkemdiche primarily lives during the school
yearwith Grayson assistant coach Lenny Gregory, who has become his legal
guardian, according to the story.

Despite his mother's
misgivings, however, Nkemdiche says he's still going to Clemson, where
high school teammates Wayne Gallman and David Kamara have also committed
and former teammate Nick Schuessler is a freshman transfer from
Mississippi State. He told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
in July that his commitment might not be final if the Tigers didn't
also offer Grayson teammate Ryan Carter, but has since backed off that
stance.

"I'm going to Clemson," he told ESPN The Magazine. "I want to make an impact and in three
years go to the NFL. That's what I'm going to do. You can put that in
bold too."